Art Summer Camp

Do what you love best all day long—in the most beautiful place imaginable.

Experience all the fun of summer camp—from cabin games and activities to time in the sun, exploring the great outdoors—all while practicing, performing, and making art. Perfect your skills and learn new ones alongside soon-to-be lifelong friends.

It’s a Good Place

Hear from art camp kids as they describe their Michigan summer experience—immersed in the arts between two lakes.

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Interlochen offers a variety of art summer camp experiences—with lengths and dates for kids and youth in multiple age ranges (grades 3-12). Two and four-week sessions are available for grades 3-6, six and three-week sessions are available for grades 6-12, and one-week "Intensive" programs are available for grades 9-12.

A student's age division is based on their current grade level, not the grade they will be entering next year.

One-Week Intensives

(Grades 9-12)

June 14 - June 20

Two-Week Art Camps

(Grades 3-6)

June 22 - July 5
July 6 - July 19
July 20 - Aug. 2

Three-Week Art Camps

(Grades 6-12)

June 22 - July 12
July 13 - Aug. 3

Four-Week Art Camps

(Grades 3-6)

June 22 - July 19
July 6 - Aug. 2

Six-Week Art Camps
(Grades 6-12)

June 22 - Aug. 3

We offer a diverse selection of summer camp programming and education in seven arts disciplines: creative writing, dance, film and new media, interdisciplinary arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. Choose your desired division below to learn more.

Interlochen Arts Camp students perform in the Osterlin Mall

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Interlochen Arts Camp student perform Music Man

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Interlochen Arts Camp Visual Arts student

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Interlochen Arts Camp Creative Writing student

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Interlochen Arts Camp dancer warms up in Dance Center

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Interdisciplinary Arts Exploration students walk by the lake

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Interlochen Arts Discovery students smile for the camera

Arts Discovery - Local Arts Day Camp

interlochen arts camp students running through campus happily

Create Art Alongside Adventure

Bring your curiosity and excitement—and leave with new techniques, lots of life experience, and lasting art camp memories. You’ll find counselors, faculty, and mentors who will provide exceptional instruction and help your talent grow—and you'll feel energized and inspired by young fellow artists from around the world.

student playing flute at interlochen arts camp

Learn, Create, and Perform

Spend your days at art camp practicing your art or stretching your creativity by trying new opportunities at one of the best summer art camp experiences available. Explore your interests and experience adventures outside of your arts discipline in an amazing Michigan lakeside environment. And do it all surrounded by exceptional instructors and other talented kids who will cheer you on.

Roasting marshmellows during Interlochen Arts Camp

The Great Michigan Outdoors

Experience the wonders of nature in environmental studies classes. Enjoy our scenic campus during your free time. Go swimming, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, or sailing on one of our two freshwater lakes—or take on some friendly competition in individual and team sports.

3,000+

youth from around the world attend Interlochen Arts Camp every summer

1:2

ratio of adult faculty and staff members to students

90,000+

Arts Camp alumni form an incredible global network

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